Weekly El Paso Covid-19 death totals decrease slightly for CDC week 6
EL PASO, Texas – The number of recorded Covid-19 deaths for the past week decreased slightly. According to city health data, there were 30 deaths,…
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Veterans can use marijuana without losing eligibility for care and services
EL PASO, Texas — Veterans can use marijuana without the fear of losing their eligibility for care and services as more states legalize the…
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Federal government makes a push for community health centers to provide virtual health services beyond the pandemic
By Jen Christensen, CNN The Biden administration is making another push for telehealth and other digital disease-monitoring tools to become…
Continue Reading Federal government makes a push for community health centers to provide virtual health services beyond the pandemic
By Jen Christensen, CNN The Biden administration is making another push for telehealth and other digital disease-monitoring tools to become…
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Americans less likely to have sex, partner up and get married than ever
By Harry Enten, CNN Valentine’s Day is a day of love, a special day on which we’re supposed to make sure that those around us know how…
Continue Reading How yoga helps NFL pro bowler Mike Daniels tackle tension ahead of the Super Bowl
By Dana Santas, CNN It might be surprising to people who think of football players training only in the weight room or on the field, but yoga has…
Continue Reading When can younger children be vaccinated against Covid-19? ‘Not yet’
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The timeline for when children younger than 5 in the United States might start receiving Covid-19 vaccinations has just…
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In reversal, FDA puts brakes on COVID shots for kids under 5
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have put the brakes on their push to speed Pfizer’s…
Continue Reading Covid-19 vaccine booster effectiveness wanes after four months but still offers protection, study finds
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Booster doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines are safe, and they offer high levels of protection…
Continue Reading FDA authorizes new Covid-19 monoclonal antibody that works against Omicron variant
By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized a new monoclonal antibody treatment that seems to work against the Omicron…
Continue Reading Covid-19 vaccine authorization for younger children delayed as FDA seeks more data
By Jen Christensen, Brenda Goodman and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Parents will have to keep waiting to find out when their youngest children can get a…
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El Paso Animal Services turns to traveling veterinarians, inmates during shortage
EL PASO, Texas – Facing a shortage of workers, El Paso Animal Services seeks relief for the shelter’s surgical needs and basic animal care. One…
Continue Reading As BA.2 subvariant of Omicron rises, lab studies point to signs of severity
By Brenda Goodman, CNN The BA.2 virus — a subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant — isn’t just spreading faster than its…
Continue Reading The NFL says it has lessons for the country on handling Covid-19
By Amanda Sealy, CNN As the NFL’s 2021 season kicked off with the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers taking on the Dallas…
Continue Reading Your kid may need more hugs, experts say. But there are right and wrong ways to give them
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN There’s just something about a hug. After a child has a hard day of feeling alone and stressed, it seems like a hug…
Continue Reading Long life comes from eating right, studies say. Here’s how to begin
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Living a longer, healthier life can start with your diet. You could add up to 13 years to your life if you ate few red and…
Continue Reading While awaiting updated CDC guidance, here’s the data states are using to lift Covid-19 restrictions
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN States that recently announced plans to lift either indoor or school mask mandates have at least two things in common:…
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El Pasoan searches for free N95 Masks
EL PASO, Texas – Back on Jan. 19, President Biden announced that his administration would be giving away 400 million N95 masks for free to…
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El Paso joins the CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System to track Covid-19 in sewage
EL PASO, Texas– Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a new public health tool that will help provide critical…
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Abortions in Texas fell 60% in 1st month under new limits
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Abortions in Texas fell by 60% in the first month under the most restrictive abortion law in…
Continue Reading El Paso Children’s Hospital specialist is a superhero surgeon
EL PASO, Texas – Dr. Shawn Diamond has only lived in El Paso for a year and a half, but in that time, he has already helped start and build the only…
Continue Reading After hopeful early signs, study of popular heartburn drug shows mixed results against Covid-19
By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent At one point at the beginning of the pandemic, there was hope that a popular and inexpensive…
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Decline in demand leads to shortened Covid-19 testing site hours in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas – A decline in demand for Covid-19 testing leads to adjusted hours of operations at the city’s mega and rural testing sites. Starting…
Continue Reading It’s not just love that can break your heart
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Yet another tragedy has occurred in the aftermath of the devastating gun massacre Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde,…
Continue Reading It’s not just love that can break your heart
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Yet another tragedy has occurred in the aftermath of the devastating gun massacre Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde,…
Continue Reading It’s not just love that can break your heart
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Yet another tragedy has occurred in the aftermath of the devastating gun massacre Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde,…
Continue Reading Statewide mask mandates are disappearing, but should you continue to wear one anyway?
By Jen Christensen, CNN At this point in the coronavirus pandemic, local mask mandates are disappearing as quickly as toilet paper did from grocery…
Continue Reading Statewide mask mandates are disappearing, but should you continue to wear one anyway?
By Jen Christensen, CNN At this point in the coronavirus pandemic, local mask mandates are disappearing as quickly as toilet paper did from grocery…
Continue Reading Medical cannabis dispensary will open soon in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas– Patients under Texas’ Compassionate Use Program will be able to start filling their cannabis prescriptions on Feb. 22, 2022. Texas’…
Continue Reading US plans to roll out initial 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for children under 5 after FDA authorization, CDC document says
By Jacqueline Howard and Nadia Kounang, CNN If the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine receives emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug…
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